PLATE XLir. 



Venus exoleta, antiquated. Penn. Br. Zool. No. 49. tab. 54. 55.—=* 

 49 c^" 49 A. 



Pectunculiis planus, crassus, striis caplllaceis dense striatus. Capil- 

 LACKUs, Hair-streaked. Da Costa. Bn'i, 

 Couch, p. 187. sp. 2\.—Tab. 12. fg. 5. 5. 



Found in plenty on several of the British shores, as Cornwall, Dor- 

 setshire, Devonshire, and Yorkshire ; also in the isle of Guemseyj 

 and those of the Orkneys. 



FIG. II. 

 VENUS SINiJOSA. 



^. INDENTED VENUS SHELL, 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Thin, convex, a deep obtuse /??ni^, or bending on the front. Penrt, 

 Br. Zool. p. 95. sp. 51. 



Figured and described by Pennant, from a specimen in the Portland 

 cabinet, that was found at Weymouth. Tlie shell wc have fio-ured 

 is in the collection of the Rev. T. Rackctr. 



